Baron Cohen tricks US National Guard
New scenes from Borat revealed
17/03/2009 … Sacha Baron Cohen has been up to his old tricks – conning the Alabama National Guard into letting him train.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 17 March 2009
Mon 16 March 2009
Student Awards: Now it's over to you
16/03/2009 … The heats of the Chortle Student Comedy Award have come to an end – with Joe Lycett triumphing at the gig in Sheffield University last night.
Ban this filth!
How police called for Derek & Clive prosecutions
16/03/2009 … Police forces across Britain demanded that Peter Cook and Dudley Moore be prosecuted for obscenity over their foul-mounted Derek and Clive albums, newly released…
Fri 13 March 2009
BBC pulls Horne & Corden sketch
Scene axed after German school shoting
13/03/2009 … The BBC has pulled a school shooting sketch from repeats of Horne & Corden in the wake of the attack in which 15 German schoolchildren died.
Kay writes new memoirs
Another bestseller almost guaranteed
13/03/2009 … Peter Kay is to release a follow-up to his bestselling memoirs The Sound Of Laughter this autumn.
Alan Carr lands Radio 2 show
'I'm the fairy cornflake', he jokes
13/03/2009 … Alan Carr is to join Radio 2, it was confirmed today.
Walliams vs Williams: The cockfight
13/03/2009 … Alan Carr on Celebrity Apprentice: ‘They just stuck the gays together so me and Gok spent a lot of the time together - him mincing around with a handbag and then…
Kay invades the stage again
Impromptu appearance on Manford's tour
13/03/2009 … Peter Kay has gatecrashed another gig, making an impromptu cameo at the end of Jason Manford’s show in Manchester.